Improvement in garden-hoes



JOHN P. AVERY, CF NORWICH, CONNECTICUT.

'Letters Patent No. 112.527L dated March 14, 1871; -antedated February 28, 1871.,

IMPROVEMENT GARDEN-'HOES- The Schedule referred 4to in these llaatsten; Patent and malslng part of the same.

I, JOHN P.' AVERY, of Norwich, in the county of New London and State `of Connecticut, have invented certain Improvementsdn Garden-Hoes, of which the following is a specification.

The nature of my invention consists inmaking the blade of the hoe uar'row and attaching it transversely across the outer end of the curved forked shank of the hoe, so that 4the blade shall form a convenient angle with the handle. A

. The blademay be made of any length, according to the breadth .ofv the hoedesired for use, and its outer edge is made with two or more concave curves or hol# lowsggfso as toform an angular cutting-edge.

The inner edge of the` blade is attached .to theforked shank, and is made `with three or more corrugations or elevations on the front side, so that, when `in use, it will slightly flurrow or raise the earthbetween the elevations in; the, samemanner as the ordinary rake. l

The form of the shank ofthe hoe is immaterial, as

i it serves merely as aframe to hold the blade in the required position.

The object of my invention is to facilitate the means of thoroughly weeding and stirring'the earth so that more ground can befcultivated, and -with less manual labor.

In theacco'mpanying drawing- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved hoe. A is the blade of the hoe, which should be made wide enough to give suicient strength, and to receive the concave curves B and also the elevators C.

There are two or more concave curves B, made to cut the Weeds or roots at an angle, and three or more elevations C, to loosen'the earth and to throw it into slight furrows".A

l) is the shank ofthe hoe, curved and forked in the drawing into three branches, E, to hold the blade .firm.

I claim as my invention- A hoe, constructed as described, as a new article of manufacture. v

JOHN P. AVERY.'

Witnesses:

\ WEBSTER PARK, J AcoB B. ROGERS. 

